Debate and Understand

Debate

Debate verb - To give serious and careful thought to.

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Understand and debate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understand" instead a verb "Debate".

Nearby Words: debated, debatable, debater, debating

Understand verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

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Debate and understand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Debate" instead a verb "Understand".

people	debate people	understand people
idea	debate idea	understand idea
value	debate value	understand value
point	debate point	understand point
Other words: nature, way, meaning, implications, reasons, motives.

Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Whether he's really evil is up for debate, but Betelgeuse definitely doesn't understand altruism - at least, not directed towards him.

Source: Fan Fic / Say It Thrice
Later, Frasier and Niles start having a psychiatric debate about Martin - we cut to Martin's point of view, where the only thing he can understand is the word "Dad".

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